Philosophy: History of Philosophy; Continental Philosophy of Religion; German Idealism; Plato and Plato Reception; Contemporary European Theories of Power and Resistance; the Radical Enlightenment; Irish Philosophy; Visual Theory.

Applied Music Research: music and cultural policy; national infrastructure for the arts; popular music experience, memory and heritage; music and tourism; music and intercultural arts practice; music development in society; Music Generation; performance music education.

Musicology: historical and analytical musicology; early music; baroque music; classical style; Irish art music; popular music; film music; Irish traditional music; stylistic intersection; choral music; chamber music; 19th-century music; music and modernity; contemporary music; music and identity; music and political ideology; critical theory; music and narrative reception studies; music aesthetics; music and phenomenology; music criticism; music, text and context; music psychology; sociology of music; music and scripture; history of music theory.